Wednesday, January 30, 2013

If you've ever been to a show where I'm set up, you know that I use table covers that have bleach designs on them. A couple years ago I went nuts drawing with bleach on everything! Today is a snow day. My plans were cancelled so I decided to have some fun. After I took a nap. So - here's a tutorial on how to make your own bleach designs....

Put some cardboard inside your t-shirt to make it a nice tight canvas.

Fill a syringe (or a craft-store alternative) with a gel bleach. I use Soft Scrub.

Start doodling (unless you have a definite design in mind.)

Below shows how I hold the syringe. Keep the needle away from your eyeballs.

doodle some more....

...and some more...

eat some lunch and when you come back your design appears!

Originally I was going to just draw on the side like below...

But, it's a snow day and I kept doodling. Perhaps it's overkill, but I like it.

Monday, January 28, 2013

This weekend I bought an iPad thinking it would be great for taking photos and blogging on one item. I thought it would be great for etsy and Facebook too... We'll see! Meanwhile I finished this bug cuff.

If anyone has pointers on posting from an iPad I would love to hear them!

Maybe it's one of those "use it or lose it" situations... I can't upload pics. Since I'm pretty sure no 'reads' my blog for my infinite wisdom, I'll wait to post again until I can go back to illustrating what I'm trying to say. PS happy new year.

About Me

Rumple and Scootch along with my husband and I live out in the country on a peaceful acreage with a pond. I create with glass and sometimes copper, brass and silver all the livelong day. Life is good - "Living Life on the Gravel Lane"